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Minority populations and persons of less privileged
socioeconomic status suffer a disproportionate burden of disease
and associated
complications from many serious health conditions in the U.S. In
addition, as the U.S. population ages, older persons as a group
are increasingly more heterogeneous with social and behavioral
factors predicting substantial variation in functioning and morbidity
in older adults. To address these issues, the Center for Aging
in Diverse Communities (CADC) was established at the University
of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 1997 under the leadership
of Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD and Anita L. Stewart, PhD.
CADC is one of six national Centers funded by the Resource Center
for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) program by the National Institute
on Aging (NIA) the National Institute on Nursing Research (NINR),
and the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities
(NCMHD).
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